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UNITED STATES PATENT OEECE.

ERNST RIEBLING, E BERNIKOVV, NEAR KNIGSBERG 1N THE NEUMARK, PRUSSIA,GERMANY.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,111, dated November7, 1882. Application tiled February 28, 1882. (No model.) Patented inGermany December 15, 1880, No.16,261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST RIEBLING, of the village of Bernikow, nearKnigsberg in the Neumark, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, (for which Ihave obtained a patent in Germany,numbered 16,264, dated December 15,1880,) of which the following is a specification. I

The skates of -known construction have a stiff and inflexible skateblade or runner in one piece, so that when the skater runs a greatinconvenience takes place, as with each stroke made by the skater astrong draf't is produced on the heel of the skater-s boots or shoes.Gonsequently the fastening of the rear end of the skate` to the bootmust be a very good one, whereby the leather is injured and more time isrequired for the fastening; and, finally, the zo skater is more liableto fall in laying his center of gravity forward and resting on the forepart of the skates. All these inconveniences are avoided bymyimprovements,chieiiyconsisting in the mode of dividing the skate-bladein two independent parts-in a fore and rear partand of making use of aflexible foot-plate. The two skate-blades are fastened to thefoot-plate, the parts of which are jointed by a hinge.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel rep 3o resents a longitudinalsectional view of my improved skate; Eig. 2, a bottom plan view of thesame; Fig. 3, a detail view ofv a portion of the foot-plate; Fig. 4, atransverse sectional view on the line :c x, Eig. 2, and Fig. 5 atransverse sectional view on the line z e, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The skate-blade b is provided with a hinge part, d, fastened by screwst'o the angle-shaped 4o iron piece f, and this again screwed to theskate-blade. The front skatefblade, a, carries the other part, g, ofthehinge, likewise screwed Vto the skate-bladc. A guide, h, holds bothblades in position.V A foot-plate, t', of steel, made more exible by theslots 7c k, Fig. 3, cut into it, is fastened above the hinge totherunning-blade' by screws or rivets, and provided with a device forholding the sole and the heel of the boot. For the rst purpose, underthe 5o foot-plate two hooked iron bands, l l', Fig. 4, provided withholes for the leather straps, are loosely attached to it by means offlaps n n', stamped out of the metal and bent around v these bands. Twoiron aps, m m', of thefootplate, as large as the bands l, are bent downand shaped to t in the depressions of the teeth of band Z. A screw, o,tightens these parts when they arein proper position, wherein they areheld by the toothed iaps m m and the notches or teeth in l Z. The rearpart can be fastened to the boot-heel by a sliding plate, p, with asharp thornl or edge, 19', which is thrown into the heel and afterwardtightened by a screw, q. -A plate, r, screwed to the main plate,provided with holes for the leather straps, is bent down in its middleand turned around the main plate. All three platesthe main plate i, theplate fr, with the leather straps, and the sharp plate p-are drawtogether by the screw q.

A skate constructed in this way will allow free and easy motion to thefoot of the skater, who therefore runs safer, easier, and moreelegantly, and-the greatest advantage-the skater will not so soonbefatigued, for the blades and the foot'plates can follow the naturalbending of the skaters foot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new- 1. The combination,with the skate blades or runners a b, hinged at the top, as described,of the guide h for permitting free lnotion of the blades on the hinge,but preventing the blades from moving laterally out of line with eachother, substantially as described.

The combination, with the blades a b, hinged together as described, ofthe elastic metal foot-plate fi, extending from end to-end of the skate,and having the slots lc 7c over the hinge to increase its iiexibility atthat point, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the foot-plate i,

of thelongitudinally-slidingheel-plate r, having the up'turned ends t t,with the adjustable sliding plate p, having the spur p', and thethumb-screw q, whereby either the plate r or the plate p, or both, canbe adjusted longitudinally andiocked in adjusted position bythesetscrew, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST EIEBLING.

Witnesses GUsTAVE DITTMAR, BERTHOLD ROI.

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